OK, it was stupid me that hadn't highlighted the "canon" before trying to print. All is well and you don't know how much I appreciate your help rcrsn51 .
I have had pretty good success with these forums except that sometimes I get dropped before my problem gets solved. You, however stayed with me and I'm sure I couldn't have succeeded without your help as the Puppy install requires a knowledge of command line function which I do not yet know.
I also hope this thread will be useful to others trying to install a non-CUPS printer in Puppy..

i am having trouble installing my Canon LBP3050 onto my puppy 4.2.1. i tried out the steps listed in

http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Canon_LBP2900

but got stuck at "installation", with the command "rpmextract.sh *". it gave me the error "rpmextract.sh: command not found". i am not literate with linux, may i know what should i do next? thanks.

add on:
n when i tried with the another Canon LBP2900, i received the error message "Filter "pstocapt" for printer "2900" not available: No such file or directory". i can't find any reference on how to solve this error message in puppy linux, however some commands are available in ubuntu. i am running out of ideas, please help, anyone?

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